I Believe In God

I believe Jesus is my savior and god is my maker, i will never leave him and will do everything I can to spread his word to people. I dont believe in him because of what i have been told or even that i go to church. I have not been brain washed as so many people say Christians are. we are not at all brain washed we chose to, as we know its a choice, we know its a choice to and we know he is real not by what we have been told but what we have seen him do for us and for other epople around us. is the feeling that you get laying in your bed at night and praying aand you feel this serene peace come to you suddenly and know that it is the lord, when your so down and feel like dyeing and you are crying out to God and there is that incredible little message that gives you so much hope. its not at all a thought or is it a voice but it is a truth you did not have before that gives you such peace and happyness your tears turn from sadness into joy. its not brain washing, its a choicde, its not just your mind playing with you it is REAL its not actions or motions to play out, he is your all, and your creator! thats what it means to be christian!! :)

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painespain

You have faith. That is a wonderful thing and no one should take that from you. Actually, they can't. But, forget about them. It's not that you believe in spite of knowing--it's that you have faith in spite of believing. I think what bothers non-believers is that people who do believe think that everyone should when the ability to believe is not something everyone has.
But, true faith which you have? That is a gift. I envy you that. Because belief is a choice but faith is not. Jesus was a Jew who didn't think his religion was going well what with the money lenders in the temples and all. He had faith. If he'd just believed he'd have bought a dove in the temple like everyone else who believed. But, he didn't.
Faith is not of religion. It's of grace. It's a gift and the fact that people do have it is why there are religions and people who believe in religion. Because faith is real just like any other real thing and you either have it or you don't. Belief is not real. It's just what you choose to believe or were taught to believe. Only people who believe need to fight for it cause they doubt so therefore they try and prove. Faith has no need to prove a thing.